Display-stand.



PATENTBD JAN. 13, 1903.

P. MISNER. DISPLAY STAND.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1902.

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WITNESSES:

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ATTORNEY.

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PERRY ll/IISNER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO ISAAC P. HOOTON AND FRANK P. TOMPKINS, OF INDIANAPOLIS,

INDIANA.

DISPLAY-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,498, dated. January 13, 1903.

Application filed September 24, 1902. Serial No. 124,628. (No model.)

signed to be used in retail stores; and it has reference more particularly to display-stands that have swinging shelves on which cans or boxes of cakes, candies, or other articles may be arranged compactly and so as to be rendered accessible for retailing the goods.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and convenient display-stand for the purposes indicated above which may be particularly .adapted for holding the display-' cans, having glass frontsand hinged lids, in which fancy cakes and crackers are shipped to retail dealersto be sold from the original packages, and such cans being of uniform dimensions it is a particular object to provide a novel display-stand for them whereby any can on the stand may be moved quickly into an accessible position without requiring the can to be lifted and removed from the stand.

- Withthe above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel parts comprised in the stand and in the combination and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stand constructed substantially in accord with my invention on which display-cans are arranged, the point of vision being above the front thereof; Fig. 2, a' top plan view of the stand partially filled with the cans, one of which is moved out to a suitable position for gaining access thereto; Fig. 3, a top plan view of one of the shelfbrackets having a part of a shelf connected thereto; Fig. 4, a side elevation of a shelfbracket attached to the stand-frame, which is fragmentary; Fig. 5, a front view of the shelf-bracket and portion of the stand-frame; Fig. 6, a central vertical sectional View of the bracket and a portion of a shelf connected thereto, and Fig. 7 is a fragmentary detail view in section, showing the preferable manner of pivoting the shelves upon the shelfbrackets.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawings indicate corresponding parts.

In practically embodying my invention I provide a suitable open frame comprising any suitable number of upright members, as A A A ,which preferably converge u pwardly,these being usually provided with casters a, and are secured together by means of suitable horizontal brace-bars b, the frame being preferably triangular in plan. Either one or more of the upright members are provided with the swinging shelves for supporting and moving the cans. The shelves are arranged in tiers and for the sake of compactness in pairs, a shelf at either side of the upright member, each pair being supported by a bracket, as B B B 13 secured to the upright number. Each bracket comprises a table, substantially circular in plan, in which is a gap to receive the upright member, and-ears d and 6, adapted to bear against the front face of the upright member, towhich the bracket maybe applied. The brackets are arranged on the upright member preferably as steps. The ears have screw-holes f and are secured by means of wood-screws to their supports if the latter are wooden; but when the upright members are metallic stove-bolts may be substituted for the wood-screws; The upper surface of the bracket-table is a plane over which the pivoted portions of the shelf 0 may slide about the pivot. The pair of shelves are pivoted upon the table near the center thereof, the table being preferably provided with bosses g, in each of which is a bolt-hole h, in which the pivot-boltj is secured, the shelves having eacha head D, in which is a suitable pivot hole that receives the boss. Each table is provided with a pair of flanges 7 extending along the sides of the gap against the sides of the upright member.

The shelves 0 are alike in form, and they may be of any suitable pattern to suit the cans, which are rectangular in plan, as indicated in Fig. 2. The shelves may also be rectangularin plan, if desired, with the pivotinghead D at one corner thereof; but they may be made light and strong enough in skeleton form, as shown, with two bars extending from the head at right angles and bent as bars 1 and 2, extending parallel, the ends of which are connected bya cross-bar 3 at right angles to the parallel bars. Thus four corners are formed that appear at the centers of the sides of the cans when the latter are upon the shelves, and at the corners arelips E for holding the cans in place. In Fig. 2 the dotted lines indicate the plan of a can-bottom with relation to its position on the shelf. The positions of the shelves are such that the cans may rest thereon one above another in close order.

The cans F usually have glass fronts G and hinged lids 7%), as will be understood, and more or less ornamented.

In practical use the cans may be placed with their fronts disposed forwardly, as in Fig. 1,

the shelves being moved partially within the frame and against the flanges "i. The lower shelves and the three uppermost pairs of shelves are so arranged in Fig. 2. When it is desired to remove a can or gain access thereto, it may be drawn with its shelf from below the other cans or forward thereof, as one is shown in Fig. 2 next above the bottom shelf at the right side of the figure and as the shelf is shown at the left side. After closing the can-lid the shelf and can may be pushed back on its pivot to its normal position.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new is 1. Adisplay-stand including an open frame having an upright member provided at the front thereof with shelf-brackets having each a pair of pivots, and shelves connected to the pivots and having upwardly-projecting devices for retaining display-cans.

2. A display-stand comprising a frame having upright members, shelf-brackets having ears secured to the upright members and also having each a pair of pivots, and shelves connected to the pivots and extending at opposite sides of an upright member.

A display-stand comprising a plurality of upright members, horizontal members connecting the upright members, shelf-brackets attached to one of the upright members and connected to the pivots and also having retaining-lips projecting above the tops of the shelves.

4. Adisplay-stand comprising a frame having upright converging members,shelf-brackets having tables arranged as steps upon the outer face of one of the upright members and also having flanges at the sides of such members; and skeleton shelves pivoted upon the tables of the brackets.

5. A display-stand comprising a frame, shelf-brackets having each a pair of pivots and secured to the frame, and skeleton shelves having each a pivoting-head connected to one of said pivots and having also retaining-lips projecting from the tops thereof.

6. In a display-stand, the combination of the inclined upright members, shelf-brackets having gaps therein and the flanges at the sides of the gaps extending against the sides of the upright member, skeleton shelves composed each of two connected bars at right angles, two parallel bars attached to the connected bars, and a cross-bar attached to the parallel bars; pivots connecting said shelves to said brackets, and lips attached to said shelves, substantially as set forth.

7. In a display-stand, the combination of an open frame having upright members and horizontally-disposed connecting members, shelf-brackets attached to an upright memher and having each a pair of pivots and also a gap at the rear of the bracket to receive the upright member, and shelves connected to the pivots and also having retaining-lips projecting above the tops of the shelves.

8. In a display-stand, the combination of a frame having an inclined upright member, supports for the upright member, shelf-brackets secured to the upright member in different vertical planes, and shelves pivoted to the shelf-brackets.

9. The combination of the triangular stand embracing the upright inclined members, shelf-brackets having each a pair of pivots and secured as steps at the front of one of said members, and swinging shelves having pivoting-heads connected to said pivots and extending into the stand at opposite sides of said member having the brackets attached thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERRY MISNER.

W'itnesses:

HARRY D. PIERSON, E. T. SILVIUS.

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